New arrivals bring Christmas cheer for parents

It's thought Scotland's first Christmas baby this year was born in Glasgow

Baby Robyn arrived shortly after half past midnight
Author: Kara ConwayPublished 25th Dec 2022
Last updated 25th Dec 2022

Parents across Scotland are celebrating the best Christmas present they could hope for - a baby.

Potentially the first child born on Christmas Day in Scotland arrived at 12.39am this morning.

Baby Robyn weighed in at 7lb 8oz when she was born to Nicola and Calum Lawson at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

The first Christmas baby born in the capital arrived at 2.44am.

Little Selena was born at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary to Nadejda Bulgaru, 25, and Stefan Dobroviceanu, 31.

The new addition to the family weighed 7lb 4oz, according to hospital staff.

Later, Chloe McKee gave birth to 8lb 11oz son Rio at 3.16am in the Princess Royal Maternity Unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

And Emma Dolan's daughter Bailey was born in the same ward at around 5.10am, weighing in at 5lb 13oz.

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